Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Crime Alert 04.12.23

Episode Date: April 12, 2023

Ex-boyfriend with violent past gets life in prison. Lyft driver fights passenger in crowded movie theater, shots ring out.  For more crime and justice news go to crimeonline.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Emesha Kirby missing for weeks before her body found in a field just 10 minutes from home. Autopsy reveals Kirby strangled and shot in the head. Texas cops arrest her ex-boyfriend, Javon Gilbert, for murder. Crime Online's John Limley. Nancy, Kirby broke up with Gilbert after he allegedly sexually assaulted her.

Witnesses say Gilbert would show up unannounced to Kirby's home until she disappeared. Cell phone records indicated that Gilbert was at Kirby's apartment the night of her alleged murder and dumped her body in a nearby park. Gilbert was on probation for setting his ex-wife's home on fire at the time of the murder. Gilbert, 30, sentenced to life in prison for murder and tampering with evidence. Lyft driver Babakar Mbinge gets in an argument with his 16-year-old passenger and follows him inside a Chicago movie theater. The two get in a fight on the escalator and the teen drops a loaded gun.

Mabenge picks it up, firing multiple shots. Mabenge's passenger allegedly complained about the high price charge for the ride and Mabenge argued with him. Per Lyft's policies, the teen should not have been able to create an account with the service and the ride alone, but it was up to the driver to confirm the passenger's age. Lyft has now permanently banned Mabenge from driving with them and has issued a statement assuring users that safety is paramount, and the company will be working to aid authorities in their investigation into the incident. Mabenge, 35, charged with reckless discharge of a firearm. The teen charged for owning the gun.

More crime and justice news after this. Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, crime online's John Limley. A 16-year-old boy wanted as part of an investigation into the killings of three teenagers in Central Florida has been captured by authorities, days after another teenager and a 12-year-old were charged in the deaths. The teen was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Groveland, Florida, 30 miles west of Orlando. He's facing charges of carjacking with a firearm, aggravated assault, grand theft of a motor vehicle,

fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, and tampering with an electronic monitoring device. The two suspects previously in custody were charged with first-degree murder last week. Prosecutors are reviewing the case to determine whether the suspects will be charged as adults. The shooting suspects and victims were all in a vehicle belonging to 16-year-old Layla Silvernail at the time of the killings. Authorities say Silvernail was killed, but they have not released the names of the other two victims, a 16-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy. A grand jury in Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher

on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun in the family's home. For more, we turn to Sydney Sumner with Crime Online. A grand jury sitting in Newport News, Virginia, charged the boy's 25-year-old mother with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor charge of endangering a child by reckless storage of a firearm. The boy shot first-grade teacher Abby Zwirner on January 6th inside her classroom at Richneck Elementary School. Police said the boy's mother legally purchased the gun.

Her attorney, James Ellenson, has said the gun was secured on a top shelf in her closet and had a trigger lock. Ellenson said Monday that his client plans to turn herself in later this week. He did not comment on the indictments, which were first reported by the Daily Press. The decision to charge the boy's mother is the latest development to cascade from the shooting in this shipbuilding city of about 185,000 people near the Chesapeake Bay. Delaware's Supreme Court has affirmed convictions for criminally negligent homicide against a North Carolina truck driver whose tractor-trailer plowed into several vehicles on Interstate 95 in Wilmington in 2019, leaving two people dead. 43-year-old Brian Keith Winningham of North Carolina was convicted after

a bench trial of homicide, vehicular assault, and inattentive driving. He was sentenced last year to 23 years in prison, but the sentence was suspended for four months behind bars and probation. A public defender for Winningham argued on appeal that the homicide conviction should be overturned because his only driving infraction was briefly diverting his attention from the roadway. Winningham also argued that the trial judge erred in finding that he failed to perceive a risk of death or serious physical injury when criminally negligent homicide requires proof of a failure to perceive a risk of death. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions Monday, citing evidence indicating that Winningham had diverted his attention from the road for at least four seconds while driving at

highway speed. The mayor of Baltimore has called for a summer curfew after two teenagers were shot while police were attempting to break up a large crowd of minors. Once again, Crime Online's Sydney Sumner. A 14-year-old and a 16-year-old were shot and wounded as police attempted to break up fights among a crowd of more than 200 teenagers gathered at the city's Inner Harbor area around 9 p.m. Sunday. One of the victims was in critical condition and the other was stable. Two suspects were arrested, including one with a loaded gun who matched a description of the shooter and another who was found with a loaded gun in a police garage. Following the shooting, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced his

intention to implement a 9 p.m. curfew for anyone 14 years and younger and 10 p.m. for those younger than 17 during the forthcoming summer months. Mayor Scott says he's seen young children away from their homes at night too often. Caleb Concepcion cruises Florida on his motorcycle with a fake jersey license plate that reads Bend Over. A cop approaches Concepcion at a red light, but he takes off into oncoming traffic and, of course, crashes. Concepcion wanted in Jersey for probation violation, now charged with fleeing police in Florida.

For the latest crime and justice news, go to CrimeOnline.com. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace. You're listening to an iHeart Podcast. I'm Nancy Grace.